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Why did the United States bomb Cambodia during the Vietnam War?
A. Cambodia allowed communist forces to move troops and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in
Cambodia.
B. The US-supported government in Cambodia was deposed by a coup supported by the North
Vietnamese.
C. Cambodia was a communist country and joined North Vietnam in declaring war on the United
States.
D. The communist government of Cambodia used the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply communists in
South Vietna
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Correct answer: A.
The US bombed Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sanctuaries and to interdict troops and supplies moving along parts of the Ho Chi Minh Trail that ran through Cambodian territory. (The bombings—initially secret, later expanded—targeted NVA/VC bases that had been operating in border areas under Prince Sihanouk’s neutral/tolerant policies.)
B, C, and D are inaccurate: Cambodia was not a formal communist belligerent declaring war on the US, and the 1970 coup that ousted Sihanouk was not the reason the bombing began (bombing started earlier to hit communist sanctuaries).
The US bombed Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sanctuaries and to interdict troops and supplies moving along parts of the Ho Chi Minh Trail that ran through Cambodian territory. (The bombings—initially secret, later expanded—targeted NVA/VC bases that had been operating in border areas under Prince Sihanouk’s neutral/tolerant policies.)
B, C, and D are inaccurate: Cambodia was not a formal communist belligerent declaring war on the US, and the 1970 coup that ousted Sihanouk was not the reason the bombing began (bombing started earlier to hit communist sanctuaries).
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